Great Mother

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The Great Mother refers to the concept of the mother goddess, including:

• Great Mother, in the Mahayana and Vajrayana refers to Prajnaparamita, and the wisdom of the Madhyamaka
• Great Mother, anglicization of Latin Magna Mater, Roman title of the goddess Cybele
• Great Mother of Wisdom, Yum Chenmo, a Tibetan deity of whom Machig Labdrön is considered an emanation
• The Great Mother, epithet of Babalon, a goddess in Aleister Crowley's mystical system of Thelema
• Great Mother, archetypal image in Jungian psychology

It can also refer to:

• The Great Mother, a book by Erich Neumann (psychologist)

• Great Mother (Dungeons & Dragons), a deity character in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game

[edit] See also

• Category:Mother goddesses
• Divine Mother
• Goddess
• Goddess worship
• Great Goddess, a disambiguation page
• Heavenly Mother
• Heavenly Mother (Latter Day Saints)
• Mother Divine

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